The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is governed by procedures ...

McQuaid Jesuit High School has shifted its theology curriculum to focus on the history and significance of the conclave ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Though the church has gone global, many Italians haven’t stopped believing the pope belongs in – and to – Rome.

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favourites -- the church in Asia's most ...

The world continues to watch and wait as 133 cardinals remain sequestered inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel as the secret ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

While the Conclave is underway to select a new Pope in Rome, Catholics in Iowa are following the media coverage, and praying. The West Bend St. Peter & Paul Church ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

Cardinals gather to elect the next pope, and millions are placing bets on the outcome worldwide. Inside Italy's viral ...

Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind ...

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...